Macros and aliases for labbing

Hello

I’m lazy so I like to come up with solutions that save time. Today I configured a macro and an alias that will allow me to apply a whole bunch of commands with one word only:

macro name lazy
default int range eth0/0-1
default int range eth1/0-1
default int range eth2/0-1
int range eth0/0-1
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport mode trunk
int range eth1/0-1
switchport trunk encap dot1q
switchport mode trunk
int range eth2/0-1
switchport trunk encap dot1q
switchport mode trunk
int range eth0/0-1
duplex full
int range eth1/0-1
duplex full
int range eth2/0-1
duplex full
int range eth1/0-1
shut
int range eth2/0-1
shut
int rang eth0/0-1
shut
int range eth0/0-1
spanning-tree link-type point-to-point
int range eth1/0-1
spanning-tree link-type point-to-point
int range eth2/0-1
spanning-tree link-type point-to-point
do wr
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And then, because I’m superlazy and I don’t like using the command macro global apply lazy…
alias configure startgns macro global apply lazy

Now, i just go to config mode and write:

startgns

This applies all the commands in the lazy macro.

That’s really lazy, innit?

@update Feb 5, 2018

using variables in macros:

Switch(config)# macro name test

switchport access vlan $VLANID

switchport port-security maximum $MAX

#macro keywords $VLANID $MAX